The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-12-21
WHOLE NO. 1901.
Through the Register.

inIOQ31 TIE n|=iSeCts
What : Chri~tluaswithant sinti Cats ?
It boxed very iaaea a. Il Jack and Efic
Hillscombe were som to int ont what
such 4 Chrsinas would be FOR it was
already Christmas exc. and the hoase
where tue 5wo children Iye'i vas dllsd
with the usual gaod cheer, and an tee
bpssie preparing for the great event
Papa Hiilsconibe sat in tire big arm
chair putting on his slippers ana doing
his best to isnagine blniselr before the
gfeat los aFe he had known 50 well rs a
boy; for tiere were 10 CRATES in che
Hiilscofnbe house. Iscs anl Efiie lived
in the city where. at the line OF my lto-
~. very few families had open ire places
in their nouses and little EIir bad asS-
ell her papa. as she kissed him good
night Why, papa now Is Santa Claus
goia' to det in. when there is no Ere
place p This question really puzzled papa
diiiseombe, bu5 be told the children That
Santa Claus would end his way in, and
ibat it would oe sf right in the morning
But sfter She children had gone % bed a
queer iook came over ,heir Fapa's good
as,ured face, and It was plainly TO be
seen that BE was thinking Of little Ehie
question
It happened, to. that the children
were not satisAs "a gith the answer hehad
given then and while papa was locking
up the mouse .or the night, and attending
70 the furnace, they we're still exehaug-
ing opinions on this weighJy subject
from their little cots.
Suddenly Jack slt bolt upright He
had an idea. And ia another moment
he mad toppled out Of bed nd made his
way TO Etiie's cot
whispered consultation followed,
and few moments later both little cots
were deserted, and two tiny. white robed
figures were creeping noiselessIy down
the staircase
All the doors were locked and all the
windows were closed. and papa was just
shuiting the iron door Of the great fur
nace in the cellar, when he was startled
by voices which seemed to come from
th great furnace itself For a moment
he amused himself with the fancy that
santa Clans was really making his say
in by the furnace then he thought he
might have left a door unlocked
The thoughts Of santa Claus or other
less welcome visitors were however, soon
forgotten when ne heard the sonni Of
emil lren's voices, and found IL was jack
aud Etfie talking.
Papa opened the furnace door again,
and listened.
They were evidently talking near the
register, for what they said was plainly
heard through the furnace 10y papi HIS
combe. Jack WAS saying
Oh, Lie how clu Santa Clans ever
b,eing my big sled throagh e wegister2
= Or niy doll house p said E.iie
There was panz then Jack evclaia-
ed, triunphantIy. know lets tsse
tie opoEr
But said Ellie, we're nor big
eHonsh-g
Oh, yoa're oniya diri"
Then f9llowe,I qulte a struggle between
Jack aH.i the wegister." but it was only
..iser the dir, ald come to his aijthAt
jack was able TO lif the iron plate, ant
then papa heard her say, in a solemn
tone
DO y7u dnk. JACK, ne could det
dolls hous. through dat"
Oh, Santa Claus can do an ythingr
was Jacks comforting reply
The swo little people were on their
knees. peering intenily down the dark
opening, when suddenly they were star
tied 5y q voice. which seemed to come
up through the hole in the floor The
voice said
rs time little children were in bed
santa Cl.us ctutt bring his presents up
till everybo,lyi Is fast asleep
The children could not tell the voice
Is it came uP through the pipe. an w;th
cry of He's tun min, Safts Claus is
tummiu the tEo little figures scaalper-
e,i m stairs AMI back To their cots.
The next morning las bright Christ
mas day as ever dawnedl found two lit
tie figures, not in white this time, stand
ing over pile Of pretty presents heaped
Up around the register, among which
might be seen brightly painted sleigh
with Ellie and Jack in big gold letters
on the side, and wonderful three-story
doll house and Jack was exelaiming, in
triumph
4" Didn't tell you Santa Clius could
do anything"
Sc Santa Claus came into the Hillside
parlor after III, and ii was Eflieand Jack
who settled for themselves the difficult
question Of how he was to get in"